Hidden heart

Shen Yu never appeared again.

After a few days, Xue Ze suddenly brought Liu Yuexin over. At that time, Shen Yao was cooking dinner in the kitchen with Fan Xuechen in his arms.

"Yo, Brother Yao, you guys are really interested!"

"How did you come in?" Shen Yao turned around.

Xue Ze raised the key in his hand and said, "Don't you remember? Last time you were drunk in Huancheng, but I sent you back. You also gave me this key."

As soon as Shen Yao heard him mention the word "Huancheng", he frowned.He took the key in his hand and said, "What are you doing here?"

"Xinxin and I came here specially to tell you a piece of news."

Only then did Shen Yao and Fan Xuechen notice Liu Yuexin in the living room.They don't know when they will be reconciled again.The two of them came out first to meet Liu Yuexin, and served tea.

"Xinxin, only you can get this treatment." Xue Ze said coolly with Liu Yuexin in his arms.

Liu Yuexin smiled and kissed him.Seeing Fan Xuechen walk into the kitchen, he followed and said, "Ah, I didn't expect Mr. Fan to be an expert at cooking. Can I go and study together?"

"What's the matter with you?" Shen Yao sat down beside Xue Ze.

"It's your brother who asked me to tell you that he went to play elsewhere, so don't bother you."

Shen Yao snorted, "It's not big or small, there are no rules or rules, people in their twenties still act recklessly like this, and don't know how to repent!"

"Yo, you are so angry as a brother, what happened that day?"

Xue Ze saw that he had a sullen face and said nothing, "Could it be that you hit your sweetheart?"

"He didn't tell you? Don't gossip here!"

"Hey, Xiaoyu's temper is a bit bad, but he is quite easy-going. As long as others don't provoke him, he shouldn't provoke others casually, right?"

"He was spoiled by the two old ladies and gentlemen at home, thinking that he could ignore anyone."

"Maybe it's because others really didn't take him seriously?"

"What did he say to you? Who didn't pay attention to him?"

Xue Ze winked into the kitchen, and said, "Xiaoyu said that your lover is too deceitful, and he always puts on face when they meet, but he can't bear it anymore, so he just wants to punish him a little bit. His arrogance..."

"You bastard! Is Xuechen like that?"

"Hey, from my point of view, you, Painter Fan, are indeed too noble. When I met Xiaoyu the other day, I was also indifferent. No wonder he couldn't stand it!"

"It's just that Xue Chen can't talk, he has never been able to deal with others."

Xue Ze shook his head and said, "Don't say it's Xiaoyu, even I think he is cold and unattainable. Only you—Brother Yao, are attracted to people like him."

Shen Yao smiled noncommittally, and watched him spit out two words: "Vulgar!"

"Yes, I'm vulgar. But who is not a common man in the business world? Think about it, where else can you take him with you besides staying with him at home? Who can you meet? Of course, just for fun , if you really want to be with someone like him in the future, it will not only be of no benefit, but also no fun!"

"Why do you talk so much today? Could it be that you were stimulated by Shen Yu?"

"I was stimulated by you, and of course I also conveyed Xiaoyu's dissatisfaction to you."

"When did Xuechen talk to you?"

"I thought he was quite strange, so when Shen Yu came that day, I chatted with him for a while."

Shen Yao sneered, "What will Xuechen talk to you about?"

"Heh! I don't know what they talked about. In short, what he meant was that I don't know how to paint, and the painting is worthless in my hands."

"Xue Chen is right." Shen Yao nodded triumphantly.

Xue Ze rolled his eyes at him and said, "Brother Yao, can you still talk to him about how to draw every day?"

"I don't need to know painting, I just need to know his heart."

"His heart? The ghost knows what is going on in his heart? Brother Yao, don't blame me for not reminding you, people like him who don't want fame, fortune, or money are the most difficult to deal with. When the time comes, you won't be able to get rid of it even if you want to." Lose!"

"Who can't get rid of?" Liu Yuexin came out of the room with a smile on his hands.She put the dishes on the table, approached Xue Ze, and said, "Aren't you talking about me?"

"Yes, I'm saying that you won't be able to get rid of me in the future!" Xue hugged her slender waist.

"Let go! I'm going to serve the food."

"Don't worry, brother Yao has already gone to help his sweetheart."

After the four sat down, they moved their chopsticks.There are five dishes on the table, one boiled dried shredded silk, one tofu soup, one crystal meat dish, one stewed lion's head, and one candied lotus root. They are all Huaiyang side dishes that Fan Xuechen is good at.

"The taste of this dish is not bad, no wonder you have to come back every day, brother Yao." Xue Ze ate a few mouthfuls of tofu soup.

"Then I'm going to come and learn more from Mr. Fan, let's see if you will come back in the future?" Liu Yuexin said with a glance at him.

"Mr. Fan is willing to teach you? I'm afraid he won't talk to you much."

"Xue Ze, don't you think it's too much for you to eat Xuechen's cooking and say that Xuechen's is not?" Shen Yao gave him a dissatisfied look.

"Exactly! Mr. Fan taught me a lot just now, we had a great chat! Didn't you, Mr. Fan?"

Fan Xuechen nodded shyly to her, and said softly: "I didn't teach anything, Miss Liu knows it all."

"Hey, it's really unfair. The three of you joined forces to besiege me! Mr. Fan, you are too much. Why do you speak so softly to Xinxin and treat me so coldly? Is it because Xinxin is a beautiful woman?"

"I didn't." Fan Xuechen lowered his head, seeing several pairs of eyes staring at him, his face turned even redder.

"That's because Miss Liu's taste is better than yours, so Xuechen is naturally willing to talk to Miss Liu."

"I love listening to Mr. Shen's words. Come, let me offer a drink to Mr. Shen and Mr. Fan, and thank you for your hospitality tonight." Liu Yuexin smiled and raised his glass to them.

"Miss Liu, you're being polite, half of the credit goes to you for this dish, isn't it, Xuechen?"

"Yes."

"The three of you are too much, do you want to exclude me? What about the brother you agreed to? What about the girlfriend you agreed to? And Mr. Fan, the great painter. I will toast you alone first. This time, you must drink all of them." If you don't drink, you won't give me face!" Xue Ze raised his hand to Fan Xuechen.

"Xuechen doesn't know how to drink, so I drank it for him." Shen Yao took the wine glass in Fan Xuechen's hand and drank it down in one gulp.

"I'll go! Brother Yao, you are too much! I just let him drink a glass of wine, you protect him like this, no wonder your brother is going to be angry!"

"Mr. Fan is a gentleman, do you think everyone is like you?" Liu Yuexin said.

"Okay! Okay, I can't beat you, I'd better drink it myself." Xue Ze raised his glass and drank all the wine.

"Miss Liu is not only beautiful, but she also speaks beautifully. Xuechen and I also offer a toast to Miss Liu."

Liu Yuexin watched Fan Xuechen take a sip, and she only drank a little, and said with a smile: "I'm really happy today, I can have dinner with two such interesting people."

"Since you like it, invite them to your birthday party!" Xue Ze said while eating.

"Yes, I'm about to talk to Mr. Shen and Mr. Fan about this."

Xue Ze watched Fan Xuechen bow his head and said nothing, "Mr. Fan never attends any kind of banquet, Xinxin, you may be disappointed."

"The people here are just some of my usual friends. They just dance, chat, and get together. I don't think this will embarrass Mr. Fan."

"Then Xuechen and I would like to thank Miss Liu for the invitation." Shen Yao said while holding Fan Xuechen's hand.

"We are all friends now, just call me Xinxin!"

***

On Liu Yuexin's birthday, Shen Yao brought Fan Xuechen to Liu's house, the place was already brightly lit and crowded with people.Although Liu Yuexin only said that she invited a few friends around her, it can be said that she has a lot of friends.

"Xuechen, don't be afraid, I'm by your side." Seeing Fan Xuechen frowning slightly, Shen Yao whispered in his ear to comfort him.

"Brother Yao! You guys are here!" Xue Ze and Liu Yuexin greeted them arm in arm.When the people nearby heard that it was Mr. Shen from the Tiansheng Group, they all surrounded him.

"Dad, you see that Mr. Fan also specially came to my birthday party!" Liu Yuexin said to her father, Liu Tongming, the dean of the calligraphy and painting academy and the chairman of the association in S City.

Liu Tongming met Fan Xuechen a few times before, but they didn't talk much. Seeing him and Shen Yao coming together, and the art exhibition opened these days is quite beautiful, he quickly shook hands with him and started talking.

"Mr. Fan can have such a painting skill at such a young age, it's really amazing!"

"Dean Liu has won the award. In fact, I still have a lot to learn."

"At the end of the month, our Painting and Calligraphy Association in S City will also hold a landscape painting exhibition. I hope that Mr. Fan can bring excellent works to the exhibition. We will welcome it very much."

Fan Xuechen nodded slightly.

"I wonder when Mr. Fan will be free to visit our association? I think we are short of young and promising painters like Mr. Fan."

"Thank you Dean Liu for the invitation. If I have the opportunity, I will definitely visit."

"Then how about we book it in mid-January? That's when our landscape painting exhibition starts."

Fan Xuechen hesitated for a moment, then said, "I... Maybe I wasn't here at that time..."

"Oh? Mr. Fan is going to hold an art exhibition elsewhere?"

Seeing Shen Yao looking towards him, Fan Xuechen opened his mouth and answered him hastily.

Liu Tongming saw that he was not good at words, and he didn't know whether it was because of his personality or his arrogance, so he talked to him a few more words, and then walked away.

"You just said you weren't here? Where are you going?" Shen Yao approached him from a few steps away.

Fan Xuechen lowered his eyes, a trace of panic flashed across his face.

"Xuechen?" Shen Yao held his hand.

"I'm just...just..."

"Just don't want to accept their invitation?" Shen Yao lowered his head and whispered in his ear.

"Ah."

Shen Yao laughed, and suddenly bit his slightly red ear, then turned around and whispered, "When did you learn to lie?"

"I didn't..." Fan Xuechen glanced at him quickly, then lowered his head again.

"I know you want to go to West Lake with me, don't you? Don't worry, we'll set off as soon as your art exhibition is over. I heard that there has been a light snowfall over there now."